Effectiveness of implementation strategies for clinical guidelines to community pharmacy: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The clinical role of community pharmacists is expanding, as is the use of clinical guidelines in this setting. However, it is unclear which strategies are successful in implementing clinical guidelines and what outcomes can be achieved. The aim of this systematic review is to synthesise the literature on the implementation of clinical guidelines to community pharmacy. The objectives are to describe the implementation strategies used, describe the resulting outcomes and to assess the effectiveness of the strategies.

Methods

A systematic search was performed in six electronic databases (Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL, Web of Science, Informit, Cochrane Library) for relevant articles. Studies were included if they reported on clinical guidelines implementation strategies in

SUBMITTER: Watkins K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4627629 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature